The Ukrainian authorities opened to cars the checkpoint "Chongar" in the Crimea

The Ukrainian authorities have opened the checkpoint "Chongar" at the border line with the Crimea for entry and exit of road transport, said on the first day of the week press service of Kherson regional state administration.

before crossing the border for road transport through the "Chongar" was time stopped for a while in connection with the transfer checkpoint, serviced only walkers.

they say that moving control point to the new location improved the infrastructure and the comfort of the crossing for pedestrians, which are safe separate lanes, and for road transport. Increased the number of lanes allocated to sludge transport.

Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol became the Russian regions according to the results of the referendum on 16 March 2014, where more than 90% of the participants voted for secession from Ukraine and reunification with Russia.